Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 52 77
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 +11
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.16% 0.88% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.95% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £319 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £338 £475
Median % change year-on-year +98.89% -28.95% -25.49%
75th Percentile - £447 £513
90th Percentile - £501 -
South West median daily rate £538 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +13.16% -11.63% +22.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 983 526 878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.33% 92.44% 82.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 296 481
10th Percentile £335 £230 £250
25th Percentile £413 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £650 £659 £688
South West median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.88% -1.82% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 88 192
10th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £32.19 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year - -1.70% +8.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Bristol

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Descriptive Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Micro Focus